Clicking desktop icons creates a black square behind it even if I move the icon

[avitols1]

Well here is the deal comrades....

Only recently I boot my computer up and everything seemed normal. Then I noticed when I clicked on a desktop icon the square behind it would go black(icon still displayed). I can move the icon but if I click on it again, even not moving it, a black box will appear right behind it. It does this with all icons on my desktop on both monitors.

I did recently install the extra monitor but I didnt think using my on board(because the monitor only has VGA) VGA port and then using my DVI connection on my graphics card would cause this issue since I have done this before. This has not happened even with the exact same set up before. One VGA going to the on board VGA and one DVI going to the GTX960 GPU I have installed.

This issue persists even after reboot. I have an idea of what I can do to try and fix this issue but I wanted some of my fellow techs opinions.

Please don't hesitate to ask me any questions to get more information. I know the drill when troubleshooting.

Thanks for any help my hunny bunnies,

AV - IT Technician

 

[Sedivy]

This is windows 10?
Also, do you mean the icon will move with its selection box, but the black box will persist in the location icon was in before you started moving it?

 

[avitols1]

I apologize. I did not mean to down score that remark. But it is like this...

As soon as I click the icon..the selection dots appear around it like normal. But it fills it in with a black square. The Icon is still selected and selectable. I can also move the icon where i please. But as soon as I click on the Icon again..same thing happens. Everywhere else is normal. But it just happens when I click on an icon.

And yes the black box will still persist after moving the icon. If I try toi move it again then it will create another black box in that location. Its literally like its deleting the background image when I select it. Everywhere else though the background is cool.

 

[Sedivy]

I don't know if this is a graphical issue or windows corruption of some sort, though I'm leaning on the latter. Try doing the scannow check to repair any obvious errors. This is how:
https://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/3047-sfc-scannow-command-run-windows-8-a.html
in this case windows version doesn't much matter. I think it applies to win 10 just the same.

 

[SinxarKnights]

What happens when you click empty desktop then press F5? Does it turn black?

 

[Colif]

Try using a different display resolution and lower/higher refresh rate

something similar can happen in file explorer: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-files/black-square-behind-some-of-my-folder-icons/3ff9c796-e2a6-459e-b2af-495c15897886?auth=1